Bottle-filling machine



Jan., 16, 1923.

L. A. HAWTHORNE. BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ORIGINAL FILED AUGLZZ, 1919.

. Patented dan. i6, i923,

rar serena cantos.

LOUIS LA. HAWTHORNE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO STEEL UTILITIES INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION F NEW YORK;

BOTTLE-FILLING MACHINE.

Application filed August 2.2, 1919, Serial No. 319,209. Renewed December 2, 1922.

To aIZZ 'whom-vit mary concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs A. HAWTHORNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the cbunty of Essexand State of New Jersey, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Filling. Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottle filling ap- 10. paratus, and has particular reference to an improved machine for Iautomatically charginginto the bottles or containers the flavoring mixture or syrup and carbonated water, in the order name y 35 Ay primary object of the invention is to provide a machine whose general design and construction permit of anyl desired number of filling units being utilized according to the size and capacity desired. That is to say, t0 it is proposed to provide a machine adapted to include a plurality of relatively separate and independent filling units which may be operated simultaneously to fill a corresponding number of bottles with the desired contents, thereby greatly facilitating the filling operation, while at vthe same time accomplishing this result with a maximum degree vof safety. l

Another object of the invention is to provide anovel fillingunit which is capable of automatically injecting the'flavoring extract and carbonated water separately into the bottle through the same orifice during the voperation 'of the machine, lthus obviating a5 manual attention to this feature which insures accurate and uniform proportioning of the fiavoring extract and carbonated water,

as well as greatly increasing the output of the machine by reason o f the time saved.

A further. object of the invention is to provide a machine having relatively few and compactly arranged parts, permitting of a. reduction in sizeas compared with machines generally used for this purpose and effecting a consequentsaving of Hoor space. Also by reason of the simplicity of the machine and novel means for adjusting the `parts thereof the same may be readily adapted for usein'connection with various t0 sizes of bottles, and the invention also provides a machine of largely augmented fill ing capacity over the ordinary circular type of filling machine by reason of a novel organization which permitsl any desired number of filling units to be arranged in rectilinear alinement as distinguished from circular formation.

A Still further object of the invention is to provide a filling unit which introduces Y the flavoring extract and carbonated water into the bottle in such a manner that churning of the mixture is avoided, thereby preventing excessive foaming which would otherwise seriously handicap the filling operation.l

With the above and other objects in view which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better underostood lthe same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

A preferred and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an end elevation of the machine partly in section.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3` is a horizontal cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view partly in section and the filling units.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughouuthe several figures of the drawings. y

The present invention'contemplates a bottle filling machine wherein the bottles to .be filled are advanced in a rectilinear path to the filling station, and removed from the latter by means operating at right angles to the line of feed, whereby all of the filled containers may be transferred as a single unit or increment from the filling station onto a conveyor leading to the capping machine or other apparatus. By reason olf this distinctivel feature of the present invention, the same eliminates many of the objectionable features of the rotary types of filling machines, and provides an apparatus which functions in a thoroughly reliable and satisfactory manner, and is susceptible of empartly ,in elevation of fone of bodiment in forms which will handle any A ganization al suitable frame l having the that any desired number of filling units F' base 2 at its lowerend While the upper portion 3 thereof constitutes a support for the vessels or reservoirs A and B which respectively hold the syrup or flavoring extractand carbonated water. Beneath the reservoirs A andv B is arranged a fillingdevice C, the same including a plurality of individual filling units F which are in piped communication with said containers, and also beneath the filling device C there is provided a filling station S forreceiving the bottles in single file and holding the same in position while the device C comes into play. For the purpose of pro )erly and safely handling the bottles for e ecting the filling operation, and also the disposal thereof, after being filled, an actuating unit D is provided, the same including means for actuating the filling device C and synchronously therewith the necessary instrumentalities lfor holding the bottles in position and removing the same when filled.

One side of the frame Iis formed with a shelf portion 4, having an upstanding guard wall 4a and the stationary bottle receiving platform 5, while parallel with and adjacent to the said platform, the floor of the shelf is constructed to accommodate a suitable delivery conveyor 6 for receiving bottles from the filling station after they have been filled, and transporting the same to the capping machine or other apparatus. Between the conveyor 6 and the stationary bottle receivino` platform 5 is located a vertically movabile guide plate 7 which normally cooperates with the shoulder 4l of the shelf 4 to provide a bottle receiving guideway for directing the bottles into proper position for the filling operation. Cnc end of the platform receives bottles in single file from a feed conveyor 8, while the other end there-.

of is closed by a wall 9 (Figure 3) having a mechanism control abutment 1() projecting therethrough, to be engaged'by the foremost one of the bottles on the platform 5 and thereby cause ythe operation of the entire machine as will hereinafter more fully appear. f

The upper part`of the frame 1 above the shelf 4 is provided with the opposite integral guide wings 11 for slidably receiving the grooved saddle blocks 12 of a horizontally disposed cross head 13. This cross head `13 is provided with a horizontal groove or channel 14 for receiving the heads of suitable bolts or equivalent fastenings 15, which are adapted to adjustably clamp a plurality of individual filling units F to the lcross head as shown in Figures 1 and 2. It will be apparent with the arrangement described may be mounted on the cross head 13 according to the desired capacityv of the machine, and When the cross head is caused to reciprocate vertically on the wings 11, all

of the units mounted thereon will move therewith.

The unit D for actuating the cross' head 13 is automatically controlled by the bottles as will presently appear, and .for the purpose of adjusting and carrying the cross head the same is provided with a rearwardly extending block portion 16 having mounted therein anut 17 fitted at its lower end With a beveled gear 18 and receiving the threaded portion 19 of a vertical supporting standard 20. The rearwardly extending portion 16l of the block 16 carries a horizontal adjusting shaft 21 provided at one end with a manipulating Wheel 22 while its other end carries a beveled gear 21 for meshing with the beveled gear portion 18 of the nut 17. Obviously by rotating the shaft 21, the relative position of the cross head 13 on the standard 2() may be changed through simply turning the wheel -22 thereby raising or lowering the entire cross head and consequently the filling units F to. accommodate bottles of various heights.

Referring now to the operating unit D for automatically and synchronously raising and lowering the lcross headl 13 to accomplish the filling operatiom-it will be observed that the lower end of the standard 20 carries an offset roller 20a adapted to work in a cam groove Cr of a cam'wheel 23 keyed to the horizontal shaft 24 joui'- naled in the opposite walls of the frame 1. By reason of this mounting it will be apparent that as the cam wheel 23 rotates the standard 20 will be caused to reciprocate vertically to raise andlower the cross head.

The shaft 24 has mounted thereon in addition to the cam wheel 23, another cam wheel 25. This cam wheel 25 is provided on opposite sides thereof with the ca m grooves 26 and 27 respectively, the said cam groove 26 being adapted to receive a roller28 carried by anl arm 29 rigidly fitted to a horizontally disposed shaft 30. rlihe said shaft 30 is provided adjacent each end with the substantially vertically disposed lever arms 31, each of which has a relatively loose connection at its upper end as at 32 with a horizontally shiftable rod 33 whose forward end projects through the face of the frame 1 and has 'fitted thereto a pusher bar or rack 34' preferably provided with a plurality of bottle receiving pockets 35 as clearly shown' in Figure 3 of the drawings.

y The other cam groove 27 of the cam wheel 25 is adapted to receive. a roller 36 carried by the intermediate portion of a lever 37 rigidly 'carried by a shaft 38 also mounted horizontally in the frame 1. rlhe shaft 38 carries a lever 39 similar to the lever `37, the

saine being also rigidly connected with the shaft 38, and both-levers 37 and 39 have conl nected therewith suitable links 40 whichiare guard plate 7 previously connected with the referred to. e

As the cam members 23 and 25 are carried by the shaft 24, it will be observed that when the'said. shaft 24 is operated, the cam 23 will cause the reciprocationof the standard 2() which supports the cross head 13, and at the proper time in the cycle of operation of the shaft, the cam wheel 25 will cause the operation of the arms 37 and 39 `and thus cause the top of guard plate-7 to drop flush with platform 5, and when the said guard plate is in this position, the cam groove 26 will cause the operation of the arm 29 on thev shaft 30, whereby the latter will in turn push the rods 33 forward to causey the pusher bar 34 to sweep across the bottle receiving `platform 5 and displace bottles standing there-` on, at the filling-station S, onto the conveyor 6.

The shaft 24 which is a part of the actuating unit D has loosely mounted on one side thereof a relatively large driving gear 41 adapted'to be driven by a relatively small gear 42 carried upon a drive shaft 43, which also has mounted thereon a gear `44'driven by any electric motor 45 or equivalent source of power.` It will be noted that the driving gear 41 is loosely mounted on the shaft 24 and therefore it may operate continuously without causing the actuation of the bottle filling instrumentalities, unless it is connected therewith at the desired interval. To

`provide for the operative couplingA of the driving gear 41 with the shaft 24 at the desired intervals, a novel clutch device E is provided. v y

The said. clutch device E above referred to essentially consists ofa ratchet wheel 46 carried with the driving-gear 41, anda spring tensioned pawl 47 pivotally mounted -upon a spindle carried bythe lever 48 .fixed 'e to the shaft-24. The said spindle-or shaft which carries thepawl 47 also carries on the opposite side of the lever 48 a pawl control arm 49 which is adaptedto be engaged by a sliding detent arm 50 connected with' one end of a bell crank 5'1. The said bell crank 51 is journaled in a frame as at 52 and the 'arm 53 thereof is connected with a li'nk'54 which in turn connects -with the arm v55 of a second bell-crank lever 56 pivotally sup-J ported as .fit 57 in the frame.

The arm 58 of the bell crank 56 is slotted at its upper end as shown at 59 and loosely lreceives a nut element 60 which adjustably carries the bottle contact abutment 1() located at the end of the bot-tle receiving platform 5.

With the arrangement described it will be apparent that-'when the abutment l0 is engaged by a bottle or vother container the bell with the control arm 49 on the spindle which supports the pawl 47. When the detent 50 is out of engagement with the arm 49 the spring-tensioned pawl 47 engages with the ratchet wheel-46 which, as previously indicated, is carried by the driving gear 41 whereby the shaft 24 may be driven by the shaft 43 through the gears 41 and 42. The rotation of theshaft 24 operates synchronously the cross head carrying the filling units, the guard plate between the bottle filling station and the conveyor for removing the filled bottles and also'the pusher bar 34. Accordingly, it will be apparent that the shaft 24 and its associated instrumentalities constitute a common actuator for the various instrumentalities of the apparatus.

Referring now to the construction of the individual filler units F, it will be observed that the same include a body portion 61 which is adapted to be secured to the cross head 13, and the said body portion 61 is provided with a central bore 62 for slidably receiving the reduced end portion 63 o f va pose of maintaining the Vsyrup container 64 in its proper relative position to the body 61, the latter may be provided with the threaded extension 65 which receives an adjustable nut 66, whereby a tension 'spring V67 sursyrup containing member 64. For the purrounding the reduced stem portion 62 of the 9 referred to, and by reason of this flexible connection the relative vertical'movement of the umt may be readily accomplished while still .maintaining communication betweer the syrup chamber and the reservoir A.

The syrup chamber c of theA container 64 has its bottom wall formed by a plunger 70 which is of hollow formation and provided with a spring seated valve 7l for establishing communication between the interior of the chamber c and the interior passage 72 of the plunger head. The said plunger 70 is provided with an extension 73 having eX- terior threads while its hollow interior portion is of larger diameter than the outlet end 74 or the concentric opening 75 in the plung-v er head, thereby'providing a hollow interior of relatively large diameter whereby the lower perforated end 76 o'f a carbonated liquid delivery or feed pipe 77 may fit within the plunger to provide an annular chamber 78 which communicates with the hollow interior of the 'plunger 70.

The carbonated lwater delivery pipe 77 is adapted to supply charged water to the botloc u tles and is concentric with the sleeve portion As will be observed from Figure 4L the.

threaded portion 73 of the plunger- 70 is adapted to receive a filling head member 83 having the flared bottle-mouth receiving chamber 84 whichv isl preferably provided with the rubber or equivalent gasket 85 to insure a tight seal between the head and the mouth of the bottle when the same is pressed thereon. rlfhe extreme lower end of the carbonated water pipe 77 has fitted thereto a cap or ferrule C86 which prevents the filling head 83 from dropping ofi' of the pipe and also centers and holds one end of a vent tube 88, concentric with the carbonated water delivery pipe 77 and extending entirely through the same and communicating with a vent chamber 89 in the head 80. The said vent chamber 89 is provided with a valve 90 which in turn is connected with a flexible hose or the'like 91 leading to a pipe 93 in the carbonated water reservoir B, and Whose discharge end is located above the level of the carbonated water. c

The carbonated water supplying1 valve 81 and the vent valve 90 are simultaneously actuated because as the carbonated water is supplied to the bottle, the air displaced thereby must simultaneously make its way to the space in the carbonated water reservoir above the liquid valve therein. Accordingly, the handles 8lu and 90L of the valves 81 and 90 respectively are connected by a common actuating toggle or link 94 whose lower end is pivotally connected as at 95 to the rigid Aarm 96 held to the lock nut 68 by means of a second lock nut 97.

ln view of the structure and arrangement of the various parts of the filling units F, it will be apparent that the same provide for automatically injecting first the syrup or flavoring extract and then the carbonated liquid as theentire unit descends with the filling head 83 against the mouth of the bottle. That is to say, as the cross head descends and carries the filling unit therewith, the filling head 83 will engage with the mouth of the bottle positioned on the platform 5, whereupon thecontinued downward movement of the unit will cause the plunger 70, by reason of 'the head 83 engaging the bottle, to move upwardly into-the chamber c of the flavoring extract container 64, against the body of extract contained therein and the spring 7 7 a whereupon the lvalve 71 Will be unseated to permit the flavoring extract to flow through the hollow interior 72 of the plunger and thence to the annular chamber 78 and through the perforations in the carbonated liquid pipe 77 to the interior of said pipe. As the filling head 83 rises to expel the contents of the chamber c it also uncovers the perforations of the pipe and the syrup is discharged into the bottles through the same perforations by which it previously entered the pipe. By reason of the arrangement and lateral disposition of the perforations the syrup is discharged radially from the pipe and strikes against the sides of the bottle .thus being effectively distributed so that it may be readily dissolved by the. car.

bonated water which later flows through the same perforations.

As indicated, upon the downward movement of the fillerv unit F thel plunger will move upwardly into the chamber c because the filler head 83 carried therewith abuts against the mouth of the bottle, or in other words the plunger and filler head slide on the carbonated water pipe 77 to expel the contents of the chamber c into the bottle, and when the plunger 70 reaches the end of the chamber c it will carry the container 64 upwardly against the tension of the spring 67, whereby the arm 96 carried by the sleeve portion 62 will also move upwardly and actuate the valves 8l and 90. When the valves 812 and 9() are actuated, carbonated water will flow through the pipe 77 and make its way out of the lateral pcrforations in the lower end thereof and wash all syrup from the foraminous end of the tube into the bottle, while surplus gas and air will be vented through the pipe 88 to the chamber 89 and thence to the valve 90 through the reservoir B.

ln connection with the lower perforated discharge end of the pipe 77 for feeding first the relatively heavy syrup or flavoring extract and then the carbonated water to the bottle, it is to be pointed out that this is one of the novel and distinctive features of the p-resent invention. Not only does the carbonated water thoroughly cleanse the end of the pipe 77 of fl-avoring extract by. reason of its discharge later than the syrup, but also because of the character of the openings or perforations in the discharge pipe, both the syrup and carbonated water are discharged radially therefrom against the sides of the bottle and then flowing to the bottom of the bottle. Owing tothe relatively short distance between the discharge end of the delivery pipe and the sides of the bottle, the force with which the carbonated water is discharged is broken and the churning of the contents of the bottle is prevented. When the carbonated water is permitted to violently mix with t'he heavy syrup, it produces device it will be observed that the empty bottles may be fed onto the platform 5 in single order by the conveyor 8, until the desired number of bottles are assembled at the filling station S between the guide plate 7 and the pusher bar 34. When the leading bottle of the group to be filled Strikes against the abutment 10 the clutch device between the driving gear 4land the shaft 24 is thrown into loperation as previously described, whereupon the cam wheels 23 and 25 begin their cycle to simultaneously cause the various movements necessary to the filling and removing of the bottles. The initial movement of the shaft 24 causes the pusher bar to vmove slightly forward to grip the bottles. against the vertical guard plate 7, while the' continued movement of the shaft causes the lowering of the entire crosshead 13 by means of the roller 20@l on the standard'20 engaging .in the groove G of the cam 23. The downward movement of the crosshead brings the filling hea-d 83 ofthe filling units intocontact with the mouth of each bottle, whereupon the filling units operate in the manner previously described to first inject the flavor- `ing extract and subsequently the carbonated water. At t'he end of the filling operation the continued movement of the cam wheels 23 and 25 causes the cross head to elevate and shift the filler units out of engagement with the bottles, while at the same time the guard plate 7 drops flush with the plane of the platform 5 and'the pusher bar 34/transfers all of the filled bottles as a unit onto the conveyor 6. When the leading bottle on .the platform 5 engages with the abutment 10, the cycle of operation of the'machine is started as previously explained, and the abutment 10 will rem-ain in its pushed back or retracted position until the bottle which engaged it has been pushed off' it by the transfer bar-34. rIhe said abutment 10 is adjustable in order to operate any desired number of filling units, and is engaged only' by the first bottle in the row. Y After it has once been engaged the machine must make a complete cycle of operation before the tension pawl 47 can be withdrawn from the ratchet 46 of the gear 41.

Without further description it is thought that the many features-and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spiritof the invention or scope of the appended claims. V

I claim: l. A bottle filling machine having a fixed platform for collecting a row of containers,

a reciprocating filling device arranged above the filling station and including'a plurality l of rectilinearly alined lling units, container-controlled means for dropping the filling device toward the filling st-ationvand returning the same to starting position, and means operated by said container-controlled means for removing the filled containers from the filling station.

2. A bottle filling machine having a stastation, apusher bar, means `for synchro- -tionary filling station, filling means, means nously operating the receding guide wallA and pusher bar whereby the latter cooperates with the former to firmly hold the containers during the filling operation and subsequently displaces Ithe same as a group from the filling station to the delivery conveyor.I l

4. A filling machine including a filling station having a stationary platform and a delivery conveyor at one side of said plat form, a Yvertically shiftable guide wall between the platform and the said conveyor, a vertically movable filling unit, and a container-controlled operating unit including means for raising and lowering, the filling unit and the ide wall and for transferring the filled bottles from the platform onto the said conveyor. I -F 5. A filling machine including` a filling station having a stationary platform and a delivery conveyor at one side of said platform, a vertically shiftable guide wall between the platform and the saidI conveyor, a vertically 'movable filling device, container displacingmeans, and a container-controlled operating .unit including cam and' lever means for synchronously actuating the filling unit,.guide wall and container displacing means.

6. A filling machine including a stationoperatively connected with the guide plate, a bottle filling device arranged above the filling station and operatively connected with the actuating unit, a bottle displacing device arranged at one Yside of the bottle receiving platform, and connections between the bottle displacing device and the actuating unit for projecting the displacing device transversely across the bottle receiving platform when said actuating device moves the guide plate `below the plane of said platform.

8. A filling machine including 'a filling station having a stationary platform and a delivery conveyor at one side of said platform, a vertically shiftable guide wall hetween the platform and the said conveyor, a horizontally shiftable pusher bar at one side of the platform, a vertically movable filling unit, an operating "unit including a shaft,'cams carried by said shaft.v connections between said cams and the guide wall, pusliei' bar, and filling unit, and bottle-controlled means for causing said shaft to be operative or inoperative.

9. A filling machine including a filling station having a stationary platform and a delivery conveyor at one side of said platform, a` vertically shiftable guide wall between the platform and the said conveyor, a horizontally shiftable pusher bar at one side of the platform, a vertically movable filling unit, an operating unit including a e shaft, cams mounted on said shaft, connections between the cams, guide wall, pusher bar and filling unit, a power-driven gear loosely mounted on said shaft, a clutch' device for connecting said gear with the shaft, and bottle-controlled means for controlling said clutch device.

10. A bottle filling machine including a filling unit comprising a tubular member having a syrup container,.a hollow filling vhead carrying a valved plunger operating witliinsaid container, a charged rwater delivery pipe extending through said plunger and vfilling head and` in communication therewith, and a vent extending through the tubular member.

11. A bottle filling'machine including a filling unit comprising a tubular member having a syrup container, a hollow filling head carrying therewith a valved syrup discharging pliinger working in said container, a charged water delivery pipe extending through the filling head and the plunger and having communication with the latter and a venting pipe extending through the charged water delivery pipe.

12. A filling machine including a filling unit comprising a tubular member havin a syrup container, a filling head carrying therewith a spring-pressed valved syrup.

discharging plunger working in the syrup container, a charged water delivery `pipe opening through the filling head and in communication with the valved plunger, and a vent pipe extending through the said delivery pipe.

13. A filling machine including a filling unit comprising a support, a spring-pressed tubular member having a syrup chamber, a filling head having means for automatically exhausting the contents of the syrup cha-mber, a charged water delivery line extending through the filling head, a vent line extending through said charged water delivery line, co-ntrolling valves in communication with said delivery line and said vent line,

and means for simultaneously operating both of said valves by the movement of said tubular member.

14. A, bottle filling machine including a filling unit comprising a supporting body, a tubulai member having a syrup container portion and slidably supported in said body, a spring for tensioning the tubular member with reference to the body, a hollow filling head carrying a valved plunger operating within the syrup container portion of the tubular member, concentric charged water and vent tubes arranged axially within the tubular container and slidably receiving the hollow filling' head at one end, while the opposite end of said tubes communicate respectively with vent and water chambers formed in said body, valves for said chambers, and al common operating connection for said valves engaging with said tubular plunger portion Working within said syrup container portion lof the tubular member, a spring Within the syrup container portion and working in opposition to said plunger,

and a sprmg between the supporting body andthe syrup container portion of the tubular member.

'16. A bottle filling machine including a filling unit comprising a support, a tubular member slidably mounted in said support and having a. relatively large syrup co-ntainer portion at one end thereof, a charged water pipe having a fixed connection with the supporting body at one end while its opposite end is perforated, a vent pipe also' having a fixed connection at one end with y the supporting body and extending through 4 the lcharged .water pipe, and a lling head slid-ably mounted on the charged water pipe and having a flared bottle mouth engaging portion at one end while the opposite end is provided with a valve and operates within the enlarged syrup container portionA of the tubular member. n'

17. A VbottleOfilling machine including a filling unit'comprising a supporting body, a syrup container member slidably and yieldably mounted in said body, charged water delivery means having a vfixed engagement with s aid bodyv and provided with openings, -a hollow filling head slidably and yieldably mounted on the charged water delivery pipe and also adapted to slide in the syrup container whereby upon the descent ofthe unit against a bottle the relative movement between the filling head and the syrup container portion causes displacement of syrup therein through the openings in the charged water delivery pipe, and eans whereby the combined movement of the llving head and syrup container will cause charged water to flow through said charged water delivery pipe.

v18. A bottle filling machine including a filling unithaving a relatively fixed supporting body provided with a valved charged water' supply chamber, a charged water delivery pipev communicating. with `'said chamber, a relatively movable syrup container, a relatively movable filling head having a portion adapted to operate within the syrup container, and means whereby when the filling head becomes arrested with reference to the syrup container charged water will be admitted to the water supply chamber of the supporting member. y

19. A bottle filling machine including a I- filling device consisting 'of a plurality of filling units each including a supporting body having. a-j carbonated water supply chamber a source of charged water supply'common in valved communication with catingl with said chamber, a syrup container slidably mounted in said body, a relatively movable filling head slidablyl operating in said syrup container, a syrup reservoir also common to all of said units and a supply connection between said reservoir and the syrup container.

20. A bottle filling machine including a filling unit having a syrup holding chamber and a charged water pipe provided with perforations at one end, and a filling head having a relatively slidable mounting on said charged water pipe and normally covering Vthe perforations therein, said filling head being also relatively slidable in the syrup chamber and uncovering the perforations in the pipe when shifted thereon.

2l. A bottle filling machine comprising a filling unit including a source of syrup supply anda source of carbonated water supply, a pipe having openings at its lower end adapted to communicate with the source of syrup supply and its upper end being adapted to communicate with the source of carbonated water supply, and a lling head having a relatively slidable mounting on said pipe to cover and uncover the openings therein to permit discharge of syrup and water.

22. A bottle fillingmachine comprising a filling unit including a source of syrup supply and a source of carbonated water supply, apipe having openings and adapted to communicate at its upper end with the source of water supply and to communicatewith the syrup supply through said openings, and a filling head having a relatively slidable mounting on said pipe to cover and uncover said o enings.

23. bottle filling machin@ having a plat- \form, a feeding conveyor for supplying containers to one end of said platform, bottle transferring means arranged along one side etl of the platform, means at the end of the Louis a. HAWTHORNE.'

Witnesses:

Wuming); L. Horseman, EDW..V. WUnis. 

